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Peer reviewedTaylor, Kathleen; Marienau, Catherine – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1995
Three strands of practice and theory--adult learning, women's development, and feminist pedagogy--contribute to development of a learning environment attuned to women's needs. Instead of concentrating on information storage/retrieval, alternative education should focus on requiring fourth-level consciousness: ability to choose how, whether, and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Consciousness Raising, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedFinger, Matthias – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1995
The dominant paradigm of adult education--adult development--is being challenged profoundly in the context of postmodernism, social fragmentation, and cultural erosion. Adult education's new role should emphasize the collective, collaborative, and social dimensions of adult learning in order to make a significant contribution to society. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cooperation
Download full textKerka, Sandra – 1993
A growing body of literature is questioning whether existing models of human development apply equally to men and women. Prevailing theories of human development have been criticized for being based on research with primarily male subjects of similar ethnic, racial, or class backgrounds. Some research supports the viewpoint that women have…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques
Prewitt, Vana R. – 2003
Classical and contemporary research studies were examined to develop a definition of wisdom and explore its constructs in human development and consciousness. First, wisdom was defined as an emergent characteristic of mature adults that is built upon intelligence, experience, and reflection and includes metaphysical and cognitive components.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Cognitive Development
Brew, Christine R. – 2001
In an attempt to understand the intellectual experiences of women returning to the education system to learn mathematics, data were collected from 11 women in 2 adult mathematics class in Australia who were early school leavers between the ages of 35 and 50 with between 1 and 4 children ranging in age from 2 to 17. Participants were interviewed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Niles, Spencer G.; Herr, Edwin L.; Hartung, Paul J. – 2001
The evolving role of work in society and the factors driving emerging trends in work were examined to assist career development practitioners in helping individuals deal with life-role balance. Donald Super's life-space theory was presented as a framework for adult career development and used as a backdrop for discussing how adults can crystallize…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Career Counseling, Career Development
